Happy Daft Day, ivylady!Recipient:ivyladyTitle:Let your Heart WalkAuthor:winonielRating: NC-17Word Count: ~20,000Warning(s): * bottom!snape; mpreg *Prompt/Summary: The Wizarding world is in trouble and only Harry and Severus can save them with a ritual that requires they make the ultimate sacrifice.A/N: Dearest ivylady , I couldn’t manage to fit all of your kinks in, but I tried to incorporate those that would fit with your prompt. It was fun to write, so I hope you enjoy it. My sincere thanks go out for the efforts of my betas, blaines09 and the incomparable eeyore9990 and the patience of the snarry_swap mods!

Wonderful and omg so incredibly hot. I really enjoyed reading from your mature!Harry's POV and his reactions to Severus' desires were...gah! The way you set up the story was very original and was a joy to read.

I enjoyed this as I enjoy all your stories. Thank you so much for the smutty goodness.

Wow! I really liked Harry in this story: bright, well-traveled, and mature. He is so his own man, and so much more engaging than canon Harry. Love the Snape/Harry interaction,and even the mpreg worked. Lovely story.

Thanks! It has always bothered me that Harry could go through so much and still be so clueless. I wanted to show him learning from his hardship and becoming a strong, thoughtful man. Glad you enjoyed it.

Love the plot, the smex, Hermione and Ron (and Harry with his godchildren - sweeeet!), and the negotiations with the ICW and the demon. Heh - which one was actually tougher? LOL. It was a GREAT demon scene, though, and those are really hard to do!

Most of all, however, I loved the Cherish Severus Snape Time here, there and everywhere in this fic. Yayyy for sexy bottom!Snape and a grown-up, take-charge Harry! I am totally bookmarking this fic so I can read it again whenever I need great Snarry!

Thanks so much! Glad you liked the demon scene--it took a lot of rewriting to get it to a point that I could even let others see it. I'm happy to hear it worked for you.

I love to see stories in which Severus can stop being so closed-away and in control. Particularly when Harry is the one getting him to open up (erm, cough, so to speak)!

Oh, and I used to live in WA (though in Walla Walla, the 'other side of the mountain' as they used to say) and I would try to get over to the peninsula as often as I could! The views were magnificent, and I think they would be the perfect complement to Harry's new attitude.

Wow. Just marvelous detail from the setting to the plot with the demon and politics and DD/GG. I liked that it was actually Harry's magic that kept him from being able to be the bearer of the child, as he was the more powerful. Very hot and sexy too. Great job.

The demon in its magic-absorbing chamber was a great idea, scary too. I liked the way you used it to get Harry and Severus together and pregnant. The sex was delicious, and Severus' pregnant cravings definitely outranked Hermione's. I really loved Harry's recollection of that wonderful evening of theirs.

Thanks so much! Glad you liked the demon scene--it took a lot of rewriting to get it to a point that I could even let others see it. I'm happy to hear it worked. I really wanted to create a situation where the two were sorta/kinda forced to have a baby, but they wanted it, too.

wonderfully intricate story with lots of depth. I loved Harry in this he was so strong and able and I loved the way you developed Severus, kept him snarky at the start and then allowed him to change. Loved the cravings.

It's a wonderful gift, dearest winoniel, and it made my day. I had the worst day yesterday (and today was only slightly better), and to come home and read such wonderful fic for me was perfect.

I loved the budding relationship between Harry and Severus, but even more than that, I loved the people that they became. Harry is so mature and sure of himself without being cocky or seeming fake. Severus has mellowed it seems, and that makes their interactions all the better. I liked the idea of the monster, and the solution was perfect. I loved that Harry was dominant and his magic wouldn't allow him to bottom. The smex was hot! The twins are adorable, and I like their names. The end was so sweet.

I'm sorry your RL was so sucky, and I'm glad I could brighten your day a bit!

I am so happy you enjoyed the story--I tried to keep it shorter and more concise, but it would let me. I wanted Harry to be somewhere totally different from the epilogue. It seemed that all of them--Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny, were stuck in the boxes they'd made for themselves as teens, and I attributed that to a lack of objective insight (both on the part of the characters and JKR!). I wanted to see where (figuratively and literally) Harry would end up if he took a moment to just stop and think.

Anyway, knowing that the characters, interactions, crisis and its resultant relationship worked for you means so much. Oh, and the twins: I thought that with all of the other problems in their lives, the kids should be relatively easy going, don't you? Thanks for your comments and glad you liked it!

Absolutely loved this. It was fantastic. I adore seeing mature Harry and Severus find one another. I felt this was incredibly written with just the right amount of information. And even though I knew it would have a happy ending, I like the fear I still felt when Harry battled the demon. The immenent danger was tangible. Well done *thumbsup*

I'm glad you liked the amount of detail. I keep trying to write a 2K story, but it seems beyond me. In this case, I really wanted to try to capture Harry's lifestyle and attitude, since it had changed so much. Then, I felt it important to show why and how it changed.

It's nice to know that the demon scene worked. It took a lot of rewriting to get it to a point that I could even let others see it. And if it had some tension and uncertainty, I've done my job!